Stephen Sekulasteve@hub.polari.us

Dallas, TX, USA

Husband; Associate Professor of Physics; I teach at SMU in Dallas, TX; I study the Higgs Particle with the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN; writer and blogger; drummer; programmer; teacher; scientist; traveler; runner; gardener; open-source aficionado.

There is real joy in multiplying the Sun's surface temperature, raised to the 4th power, by the Stefan-Boltzmann constant; or dividing the power output of the sun by its surface area; then seeing for yourself those numbers are nearly identical.
Thank-you, nature. https://twitter.com/drsekula/status/1106319892469436422/photo/1

I am very happy when I get to spend time talking with students about physics. Thanks to the graduate and undergraduate students who made that possible today. Your curiosity keeps me on my mental toes, constantly thinking about the universe from a different perspective. https://twitter.com/drsekula/status/1106316220352159744/photo/1

It was raining this morning, along with scattered thunderstorms. At 11, the skies cleared and were a rich blue. I went for a lovely run around SMU before having lunch with a grad student.
And got a bunch of work done today.
This was a good day.

From jenheemstra on Twitter: Grad students, you deserve a research advisor who:
-cares about your health and well-being
-is genuinely rooting for your success
-fully supports you in whatever career path you choose
Faculty, this is part of our job, and we owe it to our students to recognize that.
#PhDchat

my wife and I often talk about how being a research advisor is a bit like being a parent